FULL JUDGMENT: Concourt ruling on Nkandla matter

South Africa

Thursday 31 March 2016 - 1:24pm

Johannesburg - The Constitutional Court hands down judgment in the Nkandla matter on Thursday. In a highly unusual sitting, all 11 Constitutional Court judges gather to hand down the judgment.
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The Constitutional Court, in its judgment on the Nkandla matter, has set out the duties of the president of the Republic of South Africa.

The court said the president failed to uphold, defend and respect the Constitution as the supreme law of the land. It ordered that, among others, Zuma must personally pay the amount determined by the National Treasury within 45 days.

Furthermore, the ConCourt outlined 11 Nkandla orders which included, among others, a demand that the president, the minister of police and the National Assembly must pay costs of the applications including the costs of two counsel.

In a statement released shortly after the ruling, President Jacob Zuma said he, "noted and respects the judgment handed down by the Constitutional Court and its findings relating to the Public Protector's report on Nkandla, the president’s homestead."